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I was just reading an article from one of the media outlets … this is about education in AB.

From a Grade 2 teacher

“Let’s start with math.

In the last decade, parents and advocates have spoken up with their concerns that too many teachers were straying too far away from the basics, which meant that kids were not being given the necessary foundations for understanding. Notably, too many elementary teachers were avoiding having students memorize their basic math facts (e.g., the times tables), which are critical to success in all other math domains.

Likewise, there was too much emphasis on “discovery math,” which is basically encouraging students to struggle towards understanding while teaching them skills incidentally, and not enough direct instruction, which is when the teacher shows how to do something, the class practices together, and then individual students apply and are assessed on the skill or concept.

De-emphasizing arithmetic facts and direct instruction were both popular teaching fads in the early 2000s – after all, they seem to give kids more freedom, make school more fun, and reduce the role of the teacher as the authoritative imparter of knowledge and skills – but they have failed wherever they have been tried.

These teaching fads always lead to worse performance on assessments and decreased math confidence among young children, which then sets them up for even worse math performance later on. “

Me:

Math scores have been on the decline for years now in Canada according to the Fraser Institute.

I am so glad that Math-U-See has not changed from conception and has stayed true to teaching why as well as how the concepts work.

It is not only important to have the rote ( memorizing) understanding but also conceptual ( comprehensive and practical grasp of mathematical concepts) as well.

We have all of the teacher helps as well as support modelling how to teach the concepts concretely( manipulatives) for mastery understanding and then moving to the abstract form (workbook)

We learn math to solve everyday word problems and our goal is to create confident problem solvers who understand the concepts of math.

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